[FRENCH & INDIAN WAR]. The Pennsylvania Gazette. No. 1395. Philadelphia, PA: [Benjamin Franklin], 18 September 1755. Features Battle of Lake George coverage.

4pp., folio, 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. This issue was originally produced as a 6-page newspaper with the last page (page 5/6) being solely an advertising supplement. Thus, this is a 4-page issue, lacking the Ben Franklin imprint colophon, which was located at the bottom of the advertising leaf.

The issue features an inside-page report on the Battle of Lake George, which took place on 8 September 1755, during the French and Indian War. American William Johnson, building Ft. William Henry with 3,500 Colonials and 400 Indians, defeats Baron Dieskau in the Battle of Lake George, NY. 

This lot is located in Cincinnati.